Lewisiana or Life in the Outer Hebrides
by Smith, W. Anderson
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1875 London: Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1875 297 pp with one wood engraving frontis and seven in text. An account of life and customs on the Isle of Lews of the west coast of Scotland in the 19th century.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Contemporary owner's name on copyright page. This book has been relined and the spine rebound retaining the original gold-stamped strip. Corners are rubbed and bumped. Probably best as a reading copy. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Catron Grant Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 400255
- Title
- Lewisiana or Life in the Outer Hebrides
- Author
- Smith, W. Anderson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Daldy, Isbister & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- SCOTISH CUSTOMS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scotland;
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About the Seller
Catron Grant Books
Biblio member since 2012
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
About Catron Grant Books
Specializing in olderbooks on travel and exploration in Asia, and World War II Pacific and Southeast Asia.Online sales and antiquarian book shows in the American West.
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